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As a new exhibition opens, the V&A's Simon Sladen thinks it might be
16/04/2019 … This year marks the 50th anniversary of both Carry On Camping and another, very different, British cultural icon: Monty Python.
© Matthew Hall Garrett Millerick reflects on how he managed it
08/02/2019 … I was asked in July of last year to write an article for Chortle about my upcoming Edinburgh Fringe show Sunflower.
Dave Cohen's guide to the genres of comedian
07/02/2019 … We all know the difference between stand-up and acting, don’t we? The stand-up engages with the room, so we feel like we’re seeing the real person on…
Nick Revell on his new approach to satire
25/01/2019 … I’ve radically changed my approach to topical and satirical material in the last three or four years.
By the duo's biographer, Jem Roberts
27/12/2018 … Sunday January 13, at 9pm, marks the 30th anniversary to the minute of the very first broadcast of series one, episode one of A Bit of Fry & Laurie To…
© Alina Kisina An apology from Konstantin Kisin
22/12/2018 … It’s been a sobering week.
Andy Shaw sticks up for the stand-ups who refuse to play by the rules
19/12/2018 … Why would a comic refuse to sign an agreement not to make racist, homophobic and sexist jokes? Surely, it can only be because they want licence to punch down…
Steve Bennett on the Konstantin Kisin case
14/12/2018 … The ‘safe space’ conditions that comedian Konstantin Kisin was asked to sign before doing a university gig this week was a little bit silly: certainly…
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